Tag: Military

An unarmed Trident II missile launches from the Ohio-class ballistic missile submarine USS Maine off the coast of San Diego.

Beltway Confidential

Cicero’s sage advice to Biden on defense policy

Brent D. Sadler · February 28, 2022 1:00 pm

Kyiv mayor says city is surrounded, later walks it back

Christopher Hutton · February 27, 2022 7:39 pm

Kyiv rallies behind Mayor Vitali Klitschko, ex-world heavyweight champion

Abigail Adcox · February 25, 2022 6:50 pm

Pro Russian masked armed militants guard barricades near Slovyansk, eastern Ukraine, Wednesday, April 30, 2014. Ukraine's police and security forces are "helpless" to quell unrest in two eastern regions bordering Russia, and in some cases are cooperating with pro-Russian gunmen who have seized scores of government buildings and taken people hostage, the country's president Oleksandr Turchynov said Wednesday. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)

Russian push toward Kyiv ‘going slower’ than Kremlin expected, US official says

Mike Brest · February 25, 2022 5:58 pm

Pro-Russian activists storm an administration building in the center of Luhansk, Ukraine, one of the largest cities in Ukraine's troubled east, Tuesday, April 29, 2014, as demonstrators demand greater autonomy for Ukraine's regions. The action on Tuesday further raises tensions in the east, where insurgents have seized control of police stations and other government buildings in at least 10 cities and towns.(AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

‘Several hundred’ Americans fled to Poland over last 24 hours: Defense official

Mike Brest · February 25, 2022 4:48 pm

Pro Russian masked armed militants guard barricades near Slovyansk, eastern Ukraine, Wednesday, April 30, 2014. Ukraine's police and security forces are "helpless" to quell unrest in two eastern regions bordering Russia, and in some cases are cooperating with pro-Russian gunmen who have seized scores of government buildings and taken people hostage, the country's president Oleksandr Turchynov said Wednesday. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)

Crowdfunding website pulls down fundraiser for Ukrainian military

Christopher Hutton · February 25, 2022 4:05 pm

Putin ‘ready’ for talks with Kyiv, Kremlin says

Mike Brest · February 25, 2022 3:53 pm

The question of U.S. commitment has been an ongoing concern since Trump implied during the presidential campaign that allies who spend too little on their own militaries might not deserve NATO protection. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Why Ukraine’s bid to join NATO poses a threat to Putin

Christopher Hutton · February 25, 2022 3:01 pm

‘Ghost of Kyiv’: Lone fighter pilot credited with shooting down six Russian jets

Abigail Adcox · February 25, 2022 1:39 pm

A man stands in front of a Russian Ka-52 helicopter gunship is seen in the field after a forced landing outside Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday.

Ukrainian defenders tell Russian warship ‘go f*** yourself’ before death on Snake Island: Report

Mike Brest · February 25, 2022 3:02 am

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Gen. Mark Milley, listens during a House committee hearing on U.S. policy in Syria, Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2019, on Capitol Hill in Washington.

Veterans write to Milley to protest ‘woke’ political agenda

Mike Brest · February 24, 2022 11:13 pm

A man stands in front of a Russian Ka-52 helicopter gunship is seen in the field after a forced landing outside Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday.

National Security

Ukraine says forces regained control of airport taken by Russians

Abigail Adcox · February 24, 2022 10:46 pm